Inside Seattle’s Mermaid Community

A SECRET community of real-life mermaids are donning silicone tails, keenly attending mer-conventions and taking to the waters of Seattle. With their own MerNetwork - a forum where merfolk can connect and organise conventions - and social media profiles of ‘professional’ mermaids generating hundreds of thousands of followers, the mer-community seems to be a growing one. There is a prevalent mer-community in Seattle. Friends Caitlin Nielson, Ed Brown, Tessie LaMourea and Morgan Caldwell all identify as part-fish-part-human.

Videographer / director: Andres Aponte
Producer: Camile Rocha-Keys, Ruby Coote
Editor: James Thorne